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Historians have long debated whether the spectacular rise and fall of Napoleon in the decades after the French Revolution was the necessary outcome of the political vacuum having been created by the toppled monarchy.

A. was the necessary outcome of the political vacuum having been created by the toppled monarchy
B. was the necessary outcome of the political vacuum created by toppling the monarchy
C. were the necessary outcome of the political vacuum that the toppled monarchy created
D. was the necessary outcome of the political vacuum created from toppling the monarchy
E. were the necessary outcome of the political vacuum created by the toppling of the monarchy

Historians have long debated whether the spectacular rise and fall of Napoleon in the decades after the French Revolutionwas the necessary outcome of the political vacuum created by toppling the monarchy.

- "Spectacular" is an adjective of "rise and fall". So "spectacular rise and fall" should be singular.Therefore we need "was".- IMO "created by" is correct. "created from" is wrong.

Hence B.

Regards,
Brajesh

Last edited by b14kumar on 06 Jun 2006, 22:29, edited 1 time in total.

We have just to options to pick from ... C and E ..coz "were" is present in these options only ..as we are talking aboout "rise AND fall" ... Now C scores over E ..coz C correctly used "that", used for restrictive clauses... _________________

The original sentence contains a subject-verb problem: "the spectacular rise and fall of Napoleon" is a plural noun, but the corresponding verb "was" is singular. Moreover, "having been created" is unnecessarily complex. "Created by" would have been sufficient. Finally, it is not the "toppled monarchy" that created the vacuum but rather the fact that the monarchy was toppled.

The original sentence contains a subject-verb problem: "the spectacular rise and fall of Napoleon" is a plural noun, but the corresponding verb "was" is singular. Moreover, "having been created" is unnecessarily complex. "Created by" would have been sufficient. Finally, it is not the "toppled monarchy" that created the vacuum but rather the fact that the monarchy was toppled.

If its E then why "outcome" is used instead of "outcomes"

were the necessary outcome of the political vacuum created by the toppling of the monarchy

The original sentence contains a subject-verb problem: "the spectacular rise and fall of Napoleon" is a plural noun, but the corresponding verb "was" is singular. Moreover, "having been created" is unnecessarily complex. "Created by" would have been sufficient. Finally, it is not the "toppled monarchy" that created the vacuum but rather the fact that the monarchy was toppled.

If its E then why "outcome" is used instead of "outcomes"

were the necessary outcome of the political vacuum created by the toppling of the monarchy

Whats the source of question???

Source is 'Manhattan GMAT online exam'
It is a good point, I don't have the answer. Anyone who can please explain?

The original sentence contains a subject-verb problem: "the spectacular rise and fall of Napoleon" is a plural noun, but the corresponding verb "was" is singular. Moreover, "having been created" is unnecessarily complex. "Created by" would have been sufficient. Finally, it is not the "toppled monarchy" that created the vacuum but rather the fact that the monarchy was toppled.

Tough one. I got it wrong too. Manhattan question. Fight is between C and E. political vacuum created by the toppling of the monarchy - is better but why? I understand that was not required in C. _________________